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"The New Testament...translated out of the authentical Latin...specially for the discovery of the corruptions of divers late translations, and for clearing the controversies in religion, of these days."
"We have...fully finished...all the ...specially for deciding the doubts of these days...We translate this sacred Book...upon special consideration of the present time, state, and condition of our country, unto which divers things are either necessary, or profitable and medicinable now, that otherwise in the peace of the Church were neither much requisite, nor perchance wholly tolerable...Holy Church and the governors thereof...have neither of old nor of late, ever wholly condemned all vulgar versions of Scripture nor have at any time generally forbidden the faithful to read the same: yet they have not by public authority prescribed, commanded, or authentically ever recommended any such interpretation to be indifferently used of all men."
"She shall crush thy head, and thou shalt lie in wait for her heel."
"I am the angel Raphael, one of the seven, who stand before the Lord."
"Bless God and die."
"Now Susanna was exceeding delicate, and beautiful to behold."
"He hath sold the just man for silver, and the poor man for a pair of shoes."
"Houses of ivory shall perish."
"The faces of them all are as the blackness of a kettle."
"You have sowed much, and brought in little."
"He that hath earned wages, put them into a bag with holes."
"Hail, full of grace, the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women."
"Glory to God in the highest; and on earth peace to men of good will."
Young though he was, his radiant energy produced such an impression of absolute reliability that Hedgewar made him the first sarkaryavah, or general secretary, of the RSS.
- Gopal Mukund Huddar
Largely because of the influence of communists in London, Huddar's conversion into an enthusiastic supporter of the fight against fascism was quick and smooth. The ease with which he crossed from one worldview to another betrays the fact that he had not properly understood the world he had grown in.
Huddar would have been 101 now had he been alive. But then centenaries are not celebrated only to register how old so and so would have been and when. They are usually celebrated to explore how much poorer our lives are without them. Maharashtrian public life is poorer without him. It is poorer for not having made the effort to recall an extraordinary life.
I regret I was not there to listen to Balaji Huddar's speech [...] No matter how many times you listen to him, his speeches are so delightful that you feel like listening to them again and again.
By the time he came out of Franco's prison, Huddar had relinquished many of his old ideas. He displayed a worldview completely different from that of the RSS, even though he continued to remain deferential to Hedgewar and maintained a personal relationship with him.